Marielle Smith (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Senate will now consider the proposal from Senator McKim, which is also shown at item 17 on today's Senate Order of Business:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I give notice that today the Australian Greens propose to move "That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

That the Albanese government must fully fund frontline women's safety services to at least $1 billion per year as the sector has called for to address the epidemic of men's violence against women in Australia."

Is consideration of the proposal supported?

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—

With the concurrence of the Senate, the clerks will set the clock in line with the informal agreements made by the whips.